Proof that Deidara could be > Sasori (Actual Explanation Inside)

[FizzyDrink]

Lovely thread as usual. However, I must say, although I do agree Deidara COULD win, he most likely will not. Sasori is on another level, and I shall explain that...in some hours. I'm tired right now. But when I wake up I will explain Sasori's superiority.

 

[SuperFlyzzED]

Great thread (+rep)

 

[Legendary Broly]

@Messiah, it takes about a week to get the idea, plan it and then make it over the course of 2/3 days.

@Everyone, Thanks for the +Rep, positive comments and great arguments, it really makes my thread making worthwhile xd



Very nice theory and i partially agree with it. Magnet Release is probably a combination of Earth and Lightning natures due to the earth itself being magnetic (the planet not the ground) and electricity for logical reasons.

However to counter you there, due to the extreme heats generated by lightning techniques then it would only further the process of the Iron sand being demagnetized not counter it.



Some of Deidara's bombs are on such a scale that they would engulf Sasori's entire puppet body hence destorying his core and killing him.

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It would become scorching hot but Sasori wouldn't be able to manipulate it any more as it being demagnetized and so unaffected by the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release xd

Yeah C4 is pretty much a non-factor in this fight unless Sasori falls directly into the range of it, or its used on Sasori's Third Kazekage puppet.



True but Sasori could defend against all bombs from C1 and C2 with his Iron Sand with not much difficutly due to the little heat generated by them and the relatively small force of the explosions.

Sasori would go more on the defensive in this fight with Deidara probably taking the offensive due to the distance advantage and their respective fighting styles.

wait what ? is it true something becomes demagnetized if it gets hot ?

 

[-A-]

I allways thought that sasori>deidara, but Negative knight explained deidara>sasori really clearly. +rep man.

 

[vaibhav16591]

Deidara of Explosion Style vs Sasori of the Red Sand​

This is thread is reverting back to my One vs One Match ups but is variation in my Kage vs Kage Threads by including any shinobi that are Akatsuki or Jinchurikis.

This is a thread highlighting the strength of Deidara and essentially it has no bias but a purpose, and is therefore showing why either team could win. Simply you just ignore the title as i wrote it that way for people to recognize it was one of my threads.










Deidara's Elemental Advantage with Explosion Release and his Clay Bombs

Strengthened by Lava and Fire Techniques as they cause for a more destructive detonation due to the explosives increasing in heat energy which in turns increases the destructive power of the resulting explosion.

-Strengthened by Wind Techniques as they increase the intensity of the explosion (after detonation) and "add fuel to the flames" causing it to grow in magnitude.

-Immunity to Water Techniques as the explosions are still able to detonate under water and some of the larger scale explosions (C3 Exploding Statue) would be able to counter and evaporate the largest of water Techniques.

-Immunity to Earth Techniques simply because of it being the only solid structure element. The explosions would be able to break through most earth techniques and with the larger scale techniques only being countered by a few techniques in specific circumstances e.g. Gaara in the Sand Village.

-Severe Weakness to Lightning Techniques, they've already been shown what effect they have on Deidara's clay bombs. The effect turns his bombs into "duds" which mean they are incapable of detonating, effectively disabling them.

Why Deidara could possibly be stronger than Sasori ?


1) Heat Generated from Explosions Demagnetizes Iron Sand
The explosions Deidara's clay bombs create are an exothermic reaction which release heat upon detonation. The heat of his explosions tend to be reflected by the magnitude of the explosion itself meaning his C3 Exploding Statue would generate more heat than his C1 Miniature clay boms.

He can use this specific property to his advantage when facing Sasori's Third Kazekage Puppet as the heat generated from his large scale explosions (C2 Miniature Dragon and upwards) should be enough to demagnetize the Iron Sand causing Sasori unable to re-use it once demagnetized.

2) Ability to Avoid Direct Battle Confrontations
Deidara's Battle style tends to avoid direct confrontations at short and medium range as a whole. All the times we have seen him in battle (Sasuke vs Deidara, Gaara vs Deidara) he has immediately taken flight whether facing an opponent whether his opponent is capable of flight or not (Sasuke before he revealed the Curse Mark).

He's also been shown to use the Hiding Mole Technique to burrow underground and Clay clones which serve both the purposes of fighting in place of him and exploding afterwards to act as a offensive defense.

His fighting style will be a key contributing factor in defeating Sasori as his entire arsenal doesn't tend to transcend certain heights which Deidara can easily attain with his C2 Dragon.

3) Fragile Nature of Puppetry Techniques
Most of Sasori's fighting styles all share the same fundamental weakness of being dependent on the thin chakra strings which connect him to the puppet itself.

Due to the string's density they're relatively fragile and can be broken with Kenjutsu (swords), wind/fire techniques and etc. The force generated by Deidara's explosions would be enough to destroy the chakra strings connecting him to his puppets rendering him momentarily useless. He could also further capitalize on this by destroying the puppet before Sasori has an opportunity to reconnect the puppet strings.

4) Tracking and Shape Specialization of Clay Bombs

Deidara's Clay bombs have two very unique properties which take hsi fighting style to the next level rather than the basic use of explosives on different magnitudes.

-His clay bombs are capable of tracking which mean they act similar to kamikaze projectiles which follow the opponent until they are manually detonated.

This would be the perfect counter to Sasori's fighting style as it mainly consists of manipulating a puppet while his body itself is stationary.

-The second vital property is the shape specialization of his smaller bombs (C1 and C2) which can be molded into various different creatures.

This could act as a method to attack Sasori in many different ways and directions adding an element of unpredictably to his fighting style.

Insect-shaped Clay bombs could be used for sneak attacks, once they land on the target they can detonate at point blank range (see Deidara vs Gaara)

Bird-shaped Clay bombs could be used as his aerial and most effective tracking explosives which could be used to overwhelm him from various directions or compensate for the range of the battle as a long range battle alternative(when he is using his C2 Dragon).

Snake-shaped Clay bombs could be used to attempt ground attacks by hiding behind the terrain and springing surprise attacks when Sasori attempts to dodge explosions he can't defend against.



Alternative Arguments on how Sasori could win Against Deidara​

What do you guys think ? How would win Deidara or Sasori and WHY ?

Superbly put up..... seriously its so nicely arranged & presented that i don't have anything to say..... BUT

I have to disagree with your point of view... deidara considered & called sasori : Master Sasori..... & it was shown in a scene that deidara had seen sasori's original body when was repairing the huriko puppets in akatsuki hideout.... so what made deidara call sasori master sasori.....

the situation couldn't be more understood than the current time..... when naruto is 1000 times more strong than kakashi but its kakashi who made the plan & nailed tobi .... ( though the power was naruto's ) this shows that in the ninja world battle experience matters the whole world.....

another very good example is Hiruzen sarutobi who defeated orochimaru at ~ 70 years of age... its now about the no. of jutsus , about how much muscle power you have.... but how well you use it...

as kakashi has said... a ninja tool is as good as its user.......

that showed when orochimaru summoned the Hashimara ( THE STRONGEST SHINOBI ACCORDING TO KABUTO & MADARA ) & tobimara ... but couldn't use them effectively & lost to a single sealing technique used by sarutobi... sure oro has all the world's jutsus , & he was in his prime... but in the end there is something only experience can teach...

even during the kage vs madara fight madara himself commented that the difference of exp in kages is beginning to show itself... when oonki could hold his own but raikage & gaara & others couldn't.... oonki held his own via EXP...




NOW

looking at the current fight... it by no means mean that deidara is weak... being an akatsuki member is a proof of your being insanely strong.....

how will sasori possibly counter deidara.....

1.poison..... though it seems very obvious that its next to impossible to poison a flying akatsuki member still , I'll bet on this... reason... even chiyo baa knew about poison techs used by sasori , still she couldn't stop it... so sasori IMO can find a way to poison deidara...

2.sealing..... its known that sasori is good at sealing techniques & deidara couldn't blow himself up or use any other blasts when he was in the pot ( during his fight as an edo ) so if deidara is trapped he's finished..... he can't even blow up to draw the fight.....

3.iron > clay..... any blasts... sasori can protect himself beneath a strong layer of iron sand... thats like a complete dome of iron... & if gaara with normal sand can withstand any blast by gaara then i don't feel sasori's (3rd kazekage's ) iron sand will have any problems protecting sasori.....

4.if you talk raw fire power ... at max deidara can blast a 10kms radius (suicide bombing) & sasori took down an entire country by himself and is still alive to tell the tale.....

5.did you notice .... he can use sand bushins too as sasori can use clay clones..... ( he used those in front of kankuro ) so sasori won't be a stationary target himself... he could do basic jutsus to surprise deidara.....



In the end with the magnitude of attacks these two are capable of its only a matter of one strike... & anyone who strikes first .... Will win.....

 

[Thoth]

Awesome thread, you have worked hard for this.
I agree with you, Deidara could defeat Sasori although he says he can't. Nice arguments and everything. Deidara could destroy Third Kazekage with low-med difficulty and win against Sasori with high difficulty.

 

[Chatte]

In my opinion, Although Deidara seems more dangerous than Sasori, I still believe Sasori can take him.
Why?

Well, first let's look at their personalities.

While Deidara is just playing immature, because that's what he always did, Sasori is calculated.
First example:

While Deidara seemed to want to grab Naruto as well, not thinking what are the dangers that could happen, Sasori was more calculated and didn't let himself rushed and as well respected the rules

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So, while Deidara is a hot-headed and only talkes about art all the time not calculating too much his moves, letting holes throughout the fight, Sasori is calculated and every move he takes is well thought.

2. Even Deidara recognized Sasori as his boss, and we see in this panel that Sasori doesn't hold himself in attacking him. Although this we could consider it a warning, more than an attack.

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Now let's look at Sasori's abilities.
What I grant you from the beginning is that on a larger scale, Deidara's attacks could seem even more dangerous. But what makes Sasori far superior than him is the way he uses his techniques.

Plus battle experiences! As we can see here, even Sakura realises that the difference in battle experiences between her and them is HUGE.

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Now let's take a look at Hiruko, Sasori's primary puppet:

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What do we know Hiruko has?
Well:

A puppet that serves as armor and as weapon in the same time:

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All weapons that he possesed on Hiruko were coated in poison and you cannot expect them from where they come, as Chyio herslef states here that you need to know a puppeteer in order to be able to deflect his attacks/win against him.

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So if you look at it, Deidara can be taken down by a simple surprise attack.

We fairly know that Deidara takes a bit of time before preparing that Dragon and any weapon he has in his arsenal.

So in order to be able to fly on that dragon, or whatever he creates, before that he has to mold the clay. Until then, he can be poisoned by Sasori as we know that Sasori hates to wait.
And he has 3 means.

Senbon (needles filled with poison) - and those are really fast as we've seen.

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The left arm that launches the same poisonous senbon in all directions:

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Not to mention that Hiruko seemed like made from materials very durable and only Sakura's punch was able to break it because of her "super-human strenght inherited from Tsunade" as Chyio stated.

So, Deidara from the start would have to worry about 2 things: wheter to make his dragon to be able to fly quicker from Sasori's range or to those small clay animals to be able to counteract Sasori's attacks but it would still let him open to Sasori's poison needles and it's not like Sasori won't move with Hiruko from Deidara's range of attack.
You'll say that he didn't moved back then.
Well, he didn't because he was expecting that Hiruko's arsenal would suffice against Sakura and Chyio, what it didn't.

And as it was stated, only a puppeteer can see through other's puppeteer attack:

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And not to mention that those secrets were taught by Chiyo herself. So that's why she was able to see through them.
I doubt Sasori would let Deidara know his secrets.

Now, let's presume the second scenario.
Deidara has his little flying things.
Now, Sasori can take out his heavy artilery.
The third Kazekage:

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We have seen that the third Kazekage can move really fast.

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This would be another minus for Deidara's time-taking clay making. Because he could be poisoned and cut in the next seconds:

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We know that here if it wouldn't have been for Chyio, Sakura would've been done.


That is, if he stays on the bird and doesn't hide himself inside the mouth of his creatures, like here:

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Now if he's inside... Remember this:

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He could utilise this in order to shred the clay and find Deidara and take him out.
How? Well... Deidara has to breath, doesn't he? We all know what the third Kazekage has in it's arsenal.

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Now, we can safely assume that the only thing that remains for Deidara, is use an explosion as Sakura did herself (used an explosion tag to get out of the poisoned gas)

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But then again, Sasori could draw the Kazekage out of the attack range and then, use the poisoned Kunai:

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I bet that through the explosion he wouldn't expect that.

Now assuming it survives this as well, Deidara has to pass on the heavy artilery, like C 123457887, you name it.

Third Kazekage's Kekke Genkai was the Iron Sand.

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What do we know about the Iron Sand? Well, as Chiyo stated by herself:

It allows you to make iron sand into any shape or form. And of course that it provides you with means to make a weapon for any situation.

Now taking into consideration magnetism... and his Iron Sand, I wonder why into Sasori's mind never passed the idea to use the sandaime's sand as a floating piece of sand providing him to be as well for large range for a period of time, like Gaara did with his sand?
Because if this is possible, and I believe it fairly is, then Deidara would be long gone, to be honest.

And now, we have these:

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I wonder how would Deidara make those dissapear? He has no way. An explosion won't do any damage to the iron. The only possibility to melt the iron is if you boil it at 1000 degrees.

Now we know that at some point, they were able to defeat Sasori because Sakura was there, and basically, she developed a plan to lure Sasori in using the puppet as close to her in order to break it, because if not, she was sure that it was over because the weapons that he posessed throughout the Third Kazekage, would've been lethal for both of them.

I mean, look at this:

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And it's all filled with poison. I don't see Deidara surviving this, sorry.
Even if he goes C4, Sasori is able to build around himself and the puppet some sort of cube in order to avoid Deidara's biggest blow.

So my pledge is finished here. No need to take out the 100 puppets.

Anyway, really nice thread! As always.

 

[moudhgalya]

Sasori has been portrayed as stronger than Deidara .

Raw power doesn't alone contribute to ninja's strength . Battle smarts , Ninja ability and Experience also play a crucial role .

We can look at the jutsus , analyze it from a battle perspective and come to the conclusion that Deidara can beat Sasori , but that doesn't necessarily mean he is stronger than Sasori .
Matchups always play a role in deciding the victor .

I don't think using "just" feats is an accurate way to determine who is stronger. Hype and portrayal are just as important .

 

[~Puppet Master~]

This thread is awesome!
But I think you didn't look into every one of Sasori's abilities...

Assuming that he starts out in Hiruko as always, he can easily kill Deidara with the needle waves
that come out of his mouth. Deidara's explosions take time to make and Sasori can instantly release
his needles. And as far as I've seen, even Sakura couldn't dodge those without the help of Chiyo so
I doubt Deidara would either. It may sound weird but I've had this discussion with someone else before,
which I won. Deidara doesn't stand a chance against Sasori's needles, he's sure to be scratched by them.

Also, Sasori is calm and intelligent and could easily read through Deidara's attacks and stay focused.
Deidara is hot-headed and would easily panic if things turn ugly, not to mention he's careless. Deidara
also commented on how Sasori is the stronger one of the two, and how Kankuro was unlucky to have to
fight him.

That's how I think Sasori would win, try to find a way Deidara could dodge all those needles.

 

[SasukeTheViper EMS]

Amazing thread , Incredible effort !
..but this is to be expected from you xd .

While I find what you are saying logical , I have to agree with Chatte on the mindset part ..
fights in Naruto aren't just about who has the better/bigger moves to destroy his opponent , it is far more complex than that .

Deidara is hot-headed as described by Sasori himself ..

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so I don't agree completely with your OP , it is still debatable .

I mean Deidara thought that his fight with Sasuke was over when it was not , he celebrated way before the end , he is ridiculously overconfident .

see here :

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then look at what happened after that :

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While Sasori is the complete opposite as he is calm and collected and not to mention ..intelligent and very smart .




so I think that it is highly debatable , and in my opinion Sasori would win .

 

[Forbidden Technique]

This thread is awesome!
But I think you didn't look into every one of Sasori's abilities...

Assuming that he starts out in Hiruko as always, he can easily kill Deidara with the needle waves
that come out of his mouth. Deidara's explosions take time to make and Sasori can instantly release
his needles. And as far as I've seen, even Sakura couldn't dodge those without the help of Chiyo so
I doubt Deidara would either. It may sound weird but I've had this discussion with someone else before,
which I won. Deidara doesn't stand a chance against Sasori's needles, he's sure to be scratched by them.

Also, Sasori is calm and intelligent and could easily read through Deidara's attacks and stay focused.
Deidara is hot-headed and would easily panic if things turn ugly, not to mention he's careless. Deidara
also commented on how Sasori is the stronger one of the two, and how Kankuro was unlucky to have to
fight him.

That's how I think Sasori would win, try to find a way Deidara could dodge all those needles.

Deidara being the most far ranged fighter in Naruto. He can go airborne by his clay bird and easily get out of reach of most of sasories attacks, including those needles you speak so highly of.
Your counter will most likely be, Sasori will attack before Deidara gets a chance to go airborne.
Answer: Hiding Like a Mole Jutsu and Clay Clones.

Also Hiruko also having very little mobility is an easy target for Deidara. I am fairly confident that a C3 exploding statue will one shot Sasori in his Hiruko form.
The only way i see Deidara loosing is running out of clay, which often happens in his fights.

 

[sindi1997]

great thread +rep

 

[Draegod]

Nice but sasori could just use the iron sand to go air born!

Use the iron sand to block every attack. And use a puppet that maybe has lightning release out of his 298 puppets! He can use the iron sand shower bullets with poison (which are very very fast btw) to hit and poison diedara!

C4 has no effect since sasori doesnt breath nor have lungs to even care.

I cant see how diedara wins really. But good fight non the less. Allot of ppl sleep on both characters.

 

[~Puppet Master~]

Deidara being the most far ranged fighter in Naruto. He can go airborne by his clay bird and easily get out of reach of most of sasories attacks, including those needles you speak so highly of.
Your counter will most likely be, Sasori will attack before Deidara gets a chance to go airborne.
Answer: Hiding Like a Mole Jutsu and Clay Clones.

Also Hiruko also having very little mobility is an easy target for Deidara. I am fairly confident that a C3 exploding statue will one shot Sasori in his Hiruko form.
The only way i see Deidara loosing is running out of clay, which often happens in his fights.

Deidara needs time to make ANYTHING out of clay, needles do the job.
Don't underrate Sasori, Deidara will never one-shot Sasori in a thousand years.

 

[Chatte]

Deidara being the most far ranged fighter in Naruto. He can go airborne by his clay bird and easily get out of reach of most of sasories attacks, including those needles you speak so highly of.
Your counter will most likely be, Sasori will attack before Deidara gets a chance to go airborne.
Answer: Hiding Like a Mole Jutsu and Clay Clones.

Also Hiruko also having very little mobility is an easy target for Deidara. I am fairly confident that a C3 exploding statue will one shot Sasori in his Hiruko form.
The only way i see Deidara loosing is running out of clay, which often happens in his fights.

You didn't read what I pointed about Sasori, did you?

 

[MystNin13]

Very well done +rep easily. Id say that would be an amazing fight to see, I feel like Sasori was the better of the two but not by much, people tend to underestimate Deidara alot. Id say that Sasori would win like 6 times out of 10 with High Diff every time. Not just because of their abilities but also their battle history as Deidara lost an arm in is Fight with Garra which he could have lost if Garra wasnt protecting the city but Sasori was able to defeat the Third Kazekage whose Iron Sand manipulation is argueably more superior than Garra's sand. I think the biggest factor in all of Sasori's fights is his poison. Id say that a single cut from him is even deadlier than a single cut from Hidan because Hidan needs his ritual circle while Sasori's poison will kill unless you have the antidote.

 

[Icelerate]

Aright time for an interesting post. I'd say Sasori wins but the difficulty is dependant on how much heat Deidara's explosives will generate to demagnitize iron sand, how much iron sand he has and if Sasori has a lightning puppet, which he most likely does have.

Firstly speaking, C4 is completely and utterly useless in this match up for the reasons stated above so without Deidara's trump card, he is ultimately weakened considerably. When it comes to C1 and C2, Sasori can control his puppets to dodge the attack, try to tank it with weaker puppets to protect his ace cards or use iron sand. I think it will prove to be very tough to demagnetize iron sand and destroy Sasori's puppets. On the other hand, Sasori won't have such a hard time poisoning Deidara since one touch will paralyse him or he may decide to use poison gas. Sasori's puppets can reform if partially damaged and are quite durable so it will take a lot of explosives to take out Sasori's entire arsenal of puppets. Bare in mind that Deidara may run out of clay in his fight against Sasori or run low on chakra like he did in his fight against Hebi Sasuke who is on a lower level compared to Sasori. Also remember that Sasori can transfer his heart to any puppet he wants to. All in all, Sasori's defence against Deidara's offence far exceeds Deidara's defence against Sasori's offence.

In Deidara's defence, his speed in air is superior to Sasori so he can evade most of Sasori's attacks for a while. His C3 may end up being a game changer as it would deal damage against iron sand or demagnetize it but bare in mind that Gaara was able to stop it using his regular sand and iron sand is supposed to be more durable. The disadvantage is that the amount of iron sand is probably limited but than again, C3 takes a lot of chakra from Deidara's arsenal, leaving him exhausted which will allow Sasori to finish him off with a sudden blitzkrieg offence. Deidara's C2 dragon and clay birds can be brought down by Sasori's fire attack so I don't see it as being a long term problem or even a game changer.

Intelligence​

Remember that Sasori was Deidara's senpai which means he is older, more experienced and wiser than Deidara. Deidara's problem is that despite his intellect, he lacks experience and can be very hot headed as well as impatient. This spells doom against a calm and analytical puppet master like Sasori who already has a sheer advantage over Deidara.

Stamina​

Sasori is a human puppet and puppetry uses very little chakra so essentially Sasori won't run out of chakra in this battle. Deidara will eventually slow down as his explosion art does burn a lot of chakra.

 

[MickNerks]

Very nice theory and i partially agree with it. Magnet Release is probably a combination of Earth and Lightning natures due to the earth itself being magnetic (the planet not the ground) and electricity for logical reasons.

However to counter you there, due to the extreme heats generated by lightning techniques then it would only further the process of the Iron sand being demagnetized not counter it.

Well that is true, But if Sasori used strickly lightning based attacks with kazekage then Deidara is screwed.
Also i noticed people saying that sasori wouldnt be able to deal with sasori while he was in the air. But they seem to forget that gaara can fly.

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Which means Sasori would also be able to fly with kazekage's iron sand.

Alsoooo, i understand the theory that most people have from deidara's explosions heating kazekage's iron and demagnitizing it, but when you look at when deidara launch this on the sand village

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and gaara blocked it with this sand wall

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Gaara's sand did not demagnetize. It stood strong and withstood the attack.

 

[Kira was Righteous]

Using the old Deidera said Sasori was stronger thing probably isnt enough evidence but unless deidera spams bombs from above out of range then i dont think he would win

 

[Negative Knight]

This thread is awesome!
But I think you didn't look into every one of Sasori's abilities...

Assuming that he starts out in Hiruko as always, he can easily kill Deidara with the needle waves
that come out of his mouth. Deidara's explosions take time to make and Sasori can instantly release
his needles. And as far as I've seen, even Sakura couldn't dodge those without the help of Chiyo so
I doubt Deidara would either. It may sound weird but I've had this discussion with someone else before,
which I won. Deidara doesn't stand a chance against Sasori's needles, he's sure to be scratched by them.

Also, Sasori is calm and intelligent and could easily read through Deidara's attacks and stay focused.
Deidara is hot-headed and would easily panic if things turn ugly, not to mention he's careless. Deidara
also commented on how Sasori is the stronger one of the two, and how Kankuro was unlucky to have to
fight him.

That's how I think Sasori would win, try to find a way Deidara could dodge all those needles.

An Interesting point you raise and one i've considered deeply. The sneak attacks if Deidara is on the ground would work as a potential OHKO (one hit K.o) but then again in the two full blown fights we've seen Deidara participate in whether he's against a airborn opponent or not he has been shown to start immediately in the air. He slightly underrated Sasuke which is why he might of remained on the ground longer than he usually would (logical assumption) but someone as skilled and as lethal as Sasori he would surely take to the air in the opening seconds of the battle. From that range i highly doubt that any of Sasori's needles or sneka attacks would be able to reach Deidara. In the slim chance that they did he would have almost too much time to react and swiftly evade, even then this is assuming they are 100% accurate.

Aright time for an interesting post. I'd say Sasori wins but the difficulty is dependant on how much heat Deidara's explosives will generate to demagnitize iron sand, how much iron sand he has and if Sasori has a lightning puppet, which he most likely does have.

Firstly speaking, C4 is completely and utterly useless in this match up for the reasons stated above so without Deidara's trump card, he is ultimately weakened considerably. When it comes to C1 and C2, Sasori can control his puppets to dodge the attack, try to tank it with weaker puppets to protect his ace cards or use iron sand. I think it will prove to be very tough to demagnetize iron sand and destroy Sasori's puppets. On the other hand, Sasori won't have such a hard time poisoning Deidara since one touch will paralyse him or he may decide to use poison gas. Sasori's puppets can reform if partially damaged and are quite durable so it will take a lot of explosives to take out Sasori's entire arsenal of puppets. Bare in mind that Deidara may run out of clay in his fight against Sasori or run low on chakra like he did in his fight against Hebi Sasuke who is on a lower level compared to Sasori. Also remember that Sasori can transfer his heart to any puppet he wants to. All in all, Sasori's defence against Deidara's offence far exceeds Deidara's defence against Sasori's offence.

In Deidara's defence, his speed in air is superior to Sasori so he can evade most of Sasori's attacks for a while. His C3 may end up being a game changer as it would deal damage against iron sand or demagnetize it but bare in mind that Gaara was able to stop it using his regular sand and iron sand is supposed to be more durable. The disadvantage is that the amount of iron sand is probably limited but than again, C3 takes a lot of chakra from Deidara's arsenal, leaving him exhausted which will allow Sasori to finish him off with a sudden blitzkrieg offence. Deidara's C2 dragon and clay birds can be brought down by Sasori's fire attack so I don't see it as being a long term problem or even a game changer.

Intelligence​

Remember that Sasori was Deidara's senpai which means he is older, more experienced and wiser than Deidara. Deidara's problem is that despite his intellect, he lacks experience and can be very hot headed as well as impatient. This spells doom against a calm and analytical puppet master like Sasori who already has a sheer advantage over Deidara.

Stamina​

Sasori is a human puppet and puppetry uses very little chakra so essentially Sasori won't run out of chakra in this battle. Deidara will eventually slow down as his explosion art does burn a lot of chakra.

Very true about Iron sand countering C1 and C2 seeing as they are fairly small scale but how exactly would Sasori protect against C3 Exploding Staute ? The only logical way i see is using his Iron Sand but that would get demagnetized half way through the exploson (it demagnetizes at 800C) leaving Sasori even more crippled than Deidara not being able to use C4.

Sasori does have more chakra than Deidara due to his bodily composition but his fighting style is extremely fragile due to the thin chakra strings connecting himself to his puppets. As little as C1 Explosions would sever them with ease (we can't underestimate C1 explosions too much) meaning Sasori would be left momentarily useless.

If Sasori was to be detached from his puppet during any point in the battle Deidara would have apt opporuntity to subsequently destory the puppet and even go in for a fatal kill by using a C2 Miniature Dragon which would generate an explosion deadly enough to kill Sasori's living core.

Deidara could even use faints with his Clay Clone by flying at Sasori with a minature dragon and bait him to attack with a fatal kill then exploding on either his Third Kazekage Puppet or even on Sasori himself.

On a Final note, we can't deny the fragility of Sasori's own body where he is made entirely of plastic (logical assumption) which is most vital organ, effectively his brain and heart all into one exposed. As little as one direct explosions would probably kill Sasori which could be achieved through the use of insect shape clay bombs which successively managed to infiltrate Gaara's Sand.